Washington: Village and Capital, 1800–1878

Washington, Village and Capital: 1800–1878 (1962) is first volume of a two-volume Pulitzer Prize–winning work by American historian Constance McLaughlin Green, tracing the development of Washington, DC, from 1800 to 1878.[1] Green won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History for it.[2] Donald H. Mugridge of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., called the work "the first volume of what is self-evidently the most important general history of the City of Washington, and I have no hesitation in saying the most important contribution to the knowledge of its history, in nearly half a century."[3]

Green's second volume was published in 1963, titled Washington: Capital City, 1879–1950, tracing its development from 1879 to 1950.[4]

References
  1. Green, Constance McLaughlin (1962). Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878: 1800-1878. Princeton University Press.
  2. Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
  3. Mugridge, Donald H. (1963). "Constance McLaughlin Green's "Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878"". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 63/65: 80–95. JSTOR 40067356.
  4. "The Capital Is a City". Sunday Book Review. The New York Times. February 16, 1994. p. BR12.


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